代县 Traditional form: 代縣 Pinyin (reading): Dàixiàn Definitions: Dai county in Xinzhou 忻州 ( Xīnzhōu), Shanxi Characters: 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace 县 - county, district, subdivision Traditional characters: 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace 縣 - county, district, subdivision